Boldizsar Janko

Concurrent Professor

Office
333D Nieuwland Science Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
+1 574-631-8049
Email
bjanko@nd.edu

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Research Areas

  • Physical/Analytical Chemistry

Research Specialties

  • Materials
  • Theory

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Biography

Year Title
2025-present Concurrent Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
2008-present Professor, University of Notre Dame
2004-2008 Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
2003-present Director, Institute for Theoretical Sciences
2001-present Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
2000-2004 Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
1996 Ph.D. in Physics, Cornell University
1991 Univ. Dipl. in Physics, Eotvos University

Selected Awards

2003   Alfred P. Sloan Fellow

Research Interests

Fundamentally new behavior has been documented in recent years in electronic systems showing strong correlation and extreme confinement. The condensed matter theory group led by Prof. Jankó is actively participating in several major developments of this field, such as (i) spin control, manipulation and transport (spintronics), (ii) nanoscale superconductivity and magnetism in metallic and semiconductor quantum dots and quantum wires, and (iii) novel superconductivity (MgB2, high temperature superconductors) and magnetism (diluted magnetic semiconductors). Our theory projects within spintronics and nanoscience are performed parallel to and in close collaboration with the experimental research effort of our Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT). This team, led by Professor Jankó, brings together researchers from four institutions (Notre Dame, Argonne National Lab, University of Illinois-Chicago and Duke University), with complementary expertise in superconductivity, magnetism and semiconductor science and technology. Within the NIRT project our research focuses on hybrid materials, such as the submicron-patterned superconductor-diluted magnetic semiconductor bi-layers. These structures are excellent candidates for hosting spin polarized, Zeeman localized electronic states which in turn could function as building blocks for spintronics applications.

Selected Publications

  • Ren, T.; Glatz, A.; Jankó, B.; Mallek, J. L.; Tolpygo, S. K. and Vlasko-Vlasov, V. K. "Magnetic Flux Imaging in a 3D Superconductor Integrated Circuit" 2026 Scientific Reports, 16 (1), 12452. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-40711-3.
  • Ghonge, S.; Kuno, M. and Jankó, B. "Photoluminescent Cooling with Incoherent Light" 2024 APL Photonics, 9 (8), 081301. DOI: 10.1063/5.0217272.
  • Sharma, N.; Ghonge, S.; Francisco, A.; Green, D.; Toole, M.; Ruth, A.; Collins, L.; Gomes, K.; Eskildsen, M.; Jankó, B. and Liu, X. L. "Quantitative Analogue Simulation of Planar Molecules" 2024 Nano Letters, 24 (22), pp.6658–6664. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01315.
  • Zhang, Z. M.; Ghonge, S.; Ding, Y.; Zhang, S. B.; Berciu, M.; Schaller, R. D.; Jankó, B. and Kuno, M. "Resonant Multiple-Phonon Absorption Causes Efficient Anti-Stokes Photoluminescence in CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals" 2024 ACS Nano, 18 (8), pp.6438–6444. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11908.
  • Ghonge, S.; Engel, D.; Mattiotti, F.; Celardo, G. L.; Kuno, M. and Jankó, B. "Enhanced Robustness and Dimensional Crossover of Superradiance in Cuboidal Nanocrystal Superlattices" 2023 Physical Review Research, 5 (2), 023068. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023068.
  • Yang, X.; Liu, Q. H. and Jankó, B. "Number Parity Effects in the Normal State of SrTiO3" 2022 Physical Review B, 105 (21), 214509. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.214509.